2021 Oestrich Doosberg Grosses Gewachs
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The 2021 Doosberg Riesling Trocken GG is clear and deep on the intense, elegant, lemony nose that intermingles ripe fruit aromas with spicy, sur lies and flinty notes. Vital and phenolic on the first palate, this is a dry and tight/savory but also elegant and refined, still slightly astringent and really drying Doosberg with a stimulating and promising saline and citric finish. It is far too young, though. It needs time to gain more elegance and finesse. 12% stated alcohol. Natural cork. Tasted at the domaine in September 2023.
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Jancis Robinson MW
Stephan Reinhardt, Wine Advocate
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The 2021 Riesling Oestricher Doosberg is grown on deep loess loam on white quartzite. The vines are between 40 to 45 years old. The nose gives a flicker of reduction but also sports hints of crushed herb. The palate falls into step, presenting pure, lithe, bright lemon with herbal edges. This is utterly concentrated, intense, almost searing with luminosity and brightness, yet buffered. This is profound, earthy, almost chalky, with a beautifully fine-boned structure that just pushes this lemony brightness forward, like a beam of light, relentless but illuminating. (Bone-dry)
AP number 08 22. Evolved nose but without too much detail on the palate. Just a little low-key. Almost oily on the end. Not quite refreshing enough. Still quite unbalanced. (JR)